By the Numbers: Electric Cars and Windham Mountain’s Electric Vehicle Charging Station

By the Numbers: Electric Cars and Windham Mountain’s Electric Vehicle Charging Station

Shock value: A look at the statistics regarding electric cars

Published: 02/19/2013

In January, Windham Mountain unveiled Greene County’s very first electric vehicle charging station. “Both plug-ins were in use all weekend,” says spokesperson Beth Barry about the kick-off of this new free service.

Electric cars have hardly taken over the roads, but experts predict that we will soon see more green vehicles, including plug-in hybrids. Here’s a look at electric cars by the numbers:

2 Metro-North stations about to open charging stations (Bedford and Chappaqua)

100 miles Average driving range on one charge

520 Electric charging stations in New York State

15,000 Electric charging stations nationwide

17,500 U.S. sales of plug-in cars in 2011

53,000 U.S. sales of plug-in cars in 2012

$4.4 million Amount New York State awarded last year to build 325 new charging stations